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Show v,‘ -~»¢»A.fam',fixwfl.-s~wv. t POPULAR P07 tngnefe. ANSWER 4. SUPPOSE neverthelefs, and againft all Probability, that the North-/Itnericnn5 not gnly took PolTeflion of thefe Iflands, but allb kept them, and cultivated, or rather permitted, and encouraged their new Snéjefir, the original Proprietors or Planters to cultivate them, and to raife Sugars, and every other Wefl-Indz'n Pro~ duce -,-what would be the Confequence 3‘- Nothing but this, that the Brith Merchants would in that Cafe buy Sugars, Rum, Ginger, Cotton, &c. &c. jufl as they now buy Wines, Fruit, Oils, Cofi‘ee, Chocolate, Sec. &c., that is, at the lie/t and e/zeapefl Market. And1t is a Faé‘t well knownin the commercial World, that the much» injured Natives of Africa,which might eafivly be done, and at a {mall Expence, to cultivate their own luxuriant and fpontaneous Sugar Canes, and to man-ufaéture Sugars, and feveral other Commodities, and more efpecially Rice and Indigo, in their own native Country; who would then exchange fuch Produce for our European Goods and Manufaéh1res-:--Inf'tead of this, we make Slaves of thefe poor VVretches, contrary to every Principle, not only of Humanity and Jufiice, but alfo of national Profit and Advantage; as I have often proved in feveral of my Writings both Commercial and Theolo~ gical z-We, I fay, the boafied Patrons of Li- berty, and the profefied Advocates for the na- tural Rights of Mankind, engage deeper in this murderous inhuman Trafiic than any Nation whatever:--And to {how our Confii'tence, we glory in it ! were we permitted to enjoy the like Liberty at prelent, we might purchafe Sugars and Rum almoft Cent. per Cent. cheaper than we now do, Imight likewife add, that the Cane grows fpontaneoufly in Sicily, where immenfe Qian- by being confined to the Market of our Sugar tities of Sugar might be made, were the Nenpm Planters. Moreover in that Cafe, we lhould titan Government to give the leal't Encourage~ p1obably be obliged through Neceflty to do t/znt ment ;-- or rather, were the Court of Nap/esonce juflz'ce, and to make that Reflz'tution, to a great Part of our Fellow Creatures, which we ought to fee its own Interef't, by removing the many to have done long ago, by Choice, and through a Principle of mere Humanity,---to fay nothing of higher Motives:'~-Thatis, we lhould teach the . - It." 1 at "$1.225 hex;.r. . "made would (0011 be at War with the Spaniards and 21 lfiwu- r -‘ ‘ r? th;. 11» to"! bition, and tempt their Avatice; and they OBJECTIONS. 3. 2‘ SERIES or ANSWERS To . heavy Burthens, which are now laid exprefsly with a View [Oh, cruel Infatuation' abfurd Tyranny !] to check and prevent the Indufiry, Riches, 'rvv go 'awxul‘r‘,‘ 1 -v 1.1m.--‘mm "sung. 1;?er '15:.» Riga-M57; » |
